1908, from French stratosphère, literally "sphere of layers," coined by French meteorologist Léon-Philippe Teisserenc de Bort (1855-1913) from Latin stratus "a spreading out" (from past participle stem of sternere "to spread out;" see structure (n.)) + French -sphère, as in atmosphère (see sphere).
The region where the temperature increases or remains steady as you go higher. An earlier stratosphere, attested in English 1908 and coined in German 1901, was a geological term for part of the Earth's crust. It is now obsolete. Related: Stratospheric.
雙語例句
1. This was enough to launch their careers into the stratosphere.
這足以讓他們的事業(yè)平步青云了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. If oil supplies were ever disrupted, it would send U.S. oil-import bills into the stratosphere.
一旦石油供應(yīng)被中斷，美國的石油進(jìn)口額就會(huì)大幅度增加。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Most of the chlorofluoromethanes reside in the lower stratosphere.
大多數(shù)氯氟甲烷存留在平流層下部.
來自辭典例句
4. Ozone is formed in the stratosphere and mesosphere by photochemical processes.
由于光化過程,在平流層與中層內(nèi)產(chǎn)生了臭氧.
來自辭典例句
5. In the early 1960 s a worldwide aerosol band was discovered in the lower stratosphere at 17 - 24 km.